Coin bank



Nov. 17, 1931. P. J. NAGLE 1,832,411

COIN BANK Filed May 9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l a FICFI INVENTOR 1 1 626; :1 /Va 9le 7gb ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1931 PETER J. NAGLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK COIN BANK Application filed May 9,

The present invention relates to coin banks and more particularly to the type shown in my United States Patent No. 1,151,606, dated August 31, 1915. An object of this inven- 5 tion is to provide a structure which will be stronger and more durable than that shown in my aforesaid patent. Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for reinforcing the side walls of the receptacle.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims:

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a bank constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the outside casing;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the bank;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the top closure;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the bottom closure with the closures for the coin slot;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the reinforcing member Fig. 8 is a plan view of one section of the Wrapping blank; and

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the other section of the wrapping blank.

The bank comprises, in this instance, an outside tubular member 1 of rectangular cross section open at opposite ends, the top of the bank is closed by a closure 2 having side flanges 3 fitting into one end of the outside member 1, a coin slot 4 being provided in the member 2. The other end of the outside member is closed by a closure 5 which is provided with two extensions 6 at opposite sides coextensive in width with the inner faces of the wide sides of the outside member 1 and extending upwardly toward the top closure 2, their upper ends lying on the inner sides of the flaps 3 and having free flap extensions 7 which overlap each other and lie below the coin slot 4 to yield to permit the introduction of a coin but to prevent the discharge of a 1929. Serial No. 361,799.

coin through the slot. The sides of the extensions 6 are cut away at 8 near their upper ends to provide for easier bending of the reduced upper portions of the extensions and also to provide spaces for the flaps 3 between the edges of the extensions 6 and the outside member 1.

With the end in view of strengthening the side walls of the bank, a reinforcing member is provided, in this instance, in the form of an open ended tube 9 of rectangular cross sect1on,two'sides of the tube being as wide as the flaps 6 and abutting the inner face of said flaps so that the wider sides of the bank are not only reinforced by the tubes but also by the flaps 6. The tube 9 abuts the bottom 5 at its lower end but its upper end is spaced from the closure or top 2 and also from the lower ends of the flaps 3 so that the reduced portions of the flaps 6 may project between the lower endsof the flaps 3 and the upper end of the reinforcing tube 9.

The bank is wrapped by a wrapping means comprising two blanks, one of which has a o central section 10 and four sections 11, 12, 13 and 14 extending outwardly from the cen tral sections. The central section covers one of the wide walls of the bank, the sections 11 and 12 cover the top and bottom walls and the sections 13 and 14 cover the narrow side walls. Corner flaps 15 are provided on the different sections to extend about the various corners of the box. The other or smaller blank 16 covers the other wide wall of the bank and may contain any suitable advertising or ornamentation. The larger blank is so formed that it may be applied by a commercial wrapping machine.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A coin bank comprising an outside open ended tube, closures for opposite ends of the tube, one of said closures being provided with a coin slot, two extensions on the opposite sides of the other closure extending into the tube toward the slotted closure and free flaps projecting beneath the coin slot from the upper ends of the extensions, and reinforcing means for the side walls of the outside tube arranged between the two extensions and supporting the latter against inward movement.

2. A coin bank comprising an outside casing having a coin slot in one end wall, two

' extensions on the opposite end wall projecting toward the slotted end wall and having free flaps at their upper ends extending toward each other and acting as a closing means for the coin slot, and an inner tube member reinforcing the side walls of the outside casing arranged between the two extensions and supporting the latter against inward movement.

8. A coin bank comprising an outer open ended casing, a top closing the upper end of the casing and provided with a coin slot and flaps engaging the inner faces of the side walls, a bottom closure having side extensions engaging the inner faces of opposite side walls and flaps of the casing and top, and having the upper ends reduced and terminating in flaps which overlap and extend across the coin slot, and an inner open ended casing reinforcing the outer casing and the side extensions of the bottom and terminating from the top a distance approximating the depth of the flaps forming a part of the said top.

PETER J. NAGLE. 

